Poland's economic growth, its highways, its army — the story of our northern neighbour has taken on almost mythical proportions among Slovaks. What lies behind it, and is it even real? Marcin Chmielowski is the author of two books and numerous academic texts on economics and political science. He is also a screenwriter and…
In this episode of our podcast #NaVŕšku, we examine Dr. Christopher Snowdon’s essay “Anti-Capitalism and Public Health,” published by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and translated into Slovak by INESS. Snowdon demonstrates how a significant portion of the public health academic community has strayed from neutral, evidence-based science and increasingly employs explicitly anti-capitalist…
Ukraine's infrastructure has been a repeated target throughout the war — power plants, gas facilities, and transport links have all come under attack. What does that mean for the power, gas, oil, and transport sectors, and how are businesses adapting? With Iryna Kosse from IER, we discuss on #navrsku how companies have responded to the…
How do businesses keep going when their country is at war? In this episode of our podcast Na Vŕšku, analyst Martin Vlachynský talks to Oksana Kuziakiv from the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER) in Kyiv about the situation of Ukrainian entrepreneurs - and about running the institute itself, despite the war. War…
What does it take to keep a healthcare system fiscally sustainable? We discuss this in the latest episode of our podcast Na Vŕšku with Professor Dr. Patrick Jeurissen from Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen. Patrick is a full professor specializing in fiscally sustainable healthcare systems, and that's precisely what we dive into in…
Why are open borders the best recipe for massive wealth growth in the world? Find the answer in this episode of Na Vŕšku, where we talk to Bryan Caplan — one of the most renowned living public choice theorists, professor of economics at George Mason University, and author of The Myth of the Rational…
The most renowned living public choice theorist, GMU economics professor and author of the books The Myth of Rational Voter, The Case Against Education, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids or Open Borders visited us in our podcast Na Vŕšku! In the 100th episode, we were discussing education, schools and diplomas.
In this episode, we host Cillian O'Donoghue from Eurometaux - non-ferrous metals producers association. With Cillian we discussed the rising electricity prices and their connection with emission permits, decarbonisation impact on heavy industry in the EU, how electrification is the only, but super costly way to achieve emission goals, carbon border adjustment mechanism and…
